Earlville vs Seneca

A side-by-side comparison of Earlville and Seneca: population, income, housing, and more.

Earlville and Seneca are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Seneca has the higher population (2,525 vs 2,015 in Earlville). Seneca has the higher median household income ($91,065 vs $62,763 in Earlville). Seneca has the higher median home value ($206,400 vs $127,300 in Earlville).

Population, income & housing

	Earlville	Seneca
Population	2,015	2,525
Median age	32.2 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,763	$91,065
Median home value	$127,300	$206,400
Median gross rent	$998	$988
Housing units	899	971
Homeownership rate	62.9%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlville	Seneca
Population	1,928 → 2,015 (+4.5%)	2,442 → 2,525 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$54,301 → $62,763 (+15.6%)	$72,273 → $91,065 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $127,300 (+18.6%)	$161,000 → $206,400 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $998 (+17.7%)	$741 → $988 (+33.3%)

Earlville

Population

1,9282,015

Median household income

$54,301$62,763

Median home value

$107,300$127,300

Median gross rent

$848$998

Seneca

Population

2,4422,525

Median household income

$72,273$91,065

Median home value

$161,000$206,400

Median gross rent

$741$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlville	Seneca
Under 5	5.7%	8.4%
5 to 17	20.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	14.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	15.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	6.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.6%	20.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.0%
75 and over	3.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlville	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlville	Seneca
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	46.5%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlville	Seneca
Drove alone	82.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	6.3%
Other means	2.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlville	Seneca
1-unit, detached	63.8%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Earlville	Seneca
Poverty rate	15.3%	19.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1968	1975